Episode
Dilbert: The Trial
Overview
Dilbert is sent to prison after the boss frames him for a fatal traffic accident. Once inside, he applies his knowledge of mathematics and engineering to prison life and takes over his cell block.
Details
- Series
- Dilbert
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1999-11-23
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Trial is Episode 4 in Season 2 of Dilbert. It aired on 1999-11-23. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 3: Art
Dilbert is assigned to create a digital work of art. The result, the "Blue Duck," ends up appealing to the lowest common denominator of society and destroys the value and popularity of classic artworks.
Episode 5: The Dupey
Dilbert's attempts to design a Furby-style children's toy go horribly awry when the toys gain sentience and mutate into hideous but benevolent creatures that want independence.
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Episode 6: The Security Guard
After a heated debate, Dilbert and the building's security guard trade jobs to see who can do the other's job better. Dilbert quickly finds himself in over his head when he discovers an illegal casino being run underneath the building.
Episode 1: The Gift
Dilbert's mother's birthday is coming up, and in search of the perfect gift, he returns to the mall where he was abandoned by his father (voiced by Buck Henry) years ago.
Episode 7: The Merger
The Boss decides that the company needs to merge with another, and chooses a company of brain-sucking extraterrestrials.
Episode 8: Hunger
Dilbert tries to end world hunger by creating a new, safe, artificial food, but it tastes so bad that even people dying of starvation refuse to eat it – until his mother gets involved.
Episode 9: The Off-Site Meeting
Dilbert's home is chosen as the location for an off-site meeting when a dendrophile sues his company because of their deforestation policies.
Episode 10: The Assistant
Dilbert is unwillingly promoted to management and given an assistant, sparking a showdown with the other engineers.
Episode 11: The Return
Dilbert tries to buy a computer online but gets the wrong model, leading to an unpleasant surprise when he tries to return it to the company warehouse.
Episode 12: The Virtual Employee
Dilbert and his co-workers find an empty cubicle and start dumping their obsolete computer equipment into it. To keep the marketing department from claiming the cubicle, they hack into the human resources database and create a profile for a fake engineer named Todd. The plan backfires when Todd is named project leader and develops a messianic reputation.
Episode 13: Pregnancy
Ratbert accidentally sends Dilbert's model rocket into space. When it returns with samples of DNA from aliens, cows, hillbillies, engineers, and robots, it rectally impales Dilbert, impregnating him.